The Pontiac Press: 1961-05-08

Rides in triumph to Capitol: thousands honor Shepard ; Hundreds left homeless by violent weather ; JFK, Congress salute first U.S. astronaut ; Wife greets spaceman for a ‘big day’ ; Truce commission lands; rushes contacts in Laos ; Overturned boat traps 3; Orion man turns hero ; Astronauts medal gives JFK trouble ; Centennial essay winners get $474 in bonds ; Says part wants to degrade Con-Con: Swainson scolds GOP ; Built-in player gone from car ; More burglaries are investigated by area police ; Woodward hit by motel bandit ; ‘Pontiac story’ still needs Nikita, DeGaulle actors ; Next space flight – with dummy – to be in month ; Youthful Holland slayer’s legal status in tangle ; Quiz winner pleads guilty; judge lenient ; Nixon in Detroit Tuesday evening: GOP go-parties start in Flint tonight ; Ford, UAW talks will start June 29 ; Scottish spinster ‘insane’ in slaying ; Spaceman greeted by exited Caroline ; Diplotmats chart talks in Laos ; Friend on stand in Lassiter Case ; The day in Birmingham: commission to study parking, traffic ideas ; U.S. man in Congo ‘persona non grata’ ; There’s no place for Ike, Kennedy honorary roads ; Youths’ confession solves three thefts ; Latest round in school battle opens in Virginia ; Red terror rules in Cuba ; Highway plans told in Detroit ; Urges fast reporting of consumer fraud